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Man Dies After Struggle With Police On Christmas

ROSS, CA - APRIL 11: A police car drives through the rain April 11, 2006 in Ross, California. The San Francisco Bay Area continues to get pounded with rain after experiencing the rainiest March on record. Rain is expected to continue through the week which has prompted flood warnings in some bay area counties. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

File photo of a cop car. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say a man died Christmas night after scuffling with police who arrived on the scene in response to an emergency call regarding threatening behavior in a home.

Police say the man resisted arrest, leading to a “lengthy struggle.” Police detained the man, who was not identified, and in checking him for injuries after the incident realized that he wasn’t breathing.

The Reno Gazette-Journal reports (http://on.rgj.com/t5997s) that officers and firefighters tried to resuscitate the man, but were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police were responding to a report of a man armed with a fork who had battered someone and threatened others in a home.

Three officers involved in the incident have been placed on routine, paid administrative leave, pending a sheriff’s office investigation, the newspaper reports.